38120 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 135 / Monday, July 19, 2021 / Notices 

Dated: July 7, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15252 Filed 7–16–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032266; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Fremont Indian State Park and 

Museum, Sevier, UT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Fremont Indian State 

Park and Museum has completed an 

inventory of human remains, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and any present-day 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to the Fremont Indian 

State Park and Museum. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains to the 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Fremont Indian State 

Park Museum at the address in this 

notice by August 18, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Taylor, Manager, Fremont Indian 

State Park and Museum, 3820 W Clear 

Creek Canyon Road, Sevier, UT 84766– 

6058, telephone (435) 527–4631, email 

kevintaylor@utah.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

the Fremont Indian State Park Museum, 

Sevier, UT. The human remains were 

removed from the Five Finger Ridge Site 

(42SV1686) and the Icicle Bench Site 

(42SV1372), Sevier County, UT. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

The determinations in this notice are 

the sole responsibility of the museum, 

institution, or Federal agency that has 

control of the Native American human 

remains. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Fremont 

Indian State Park Museum professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, 

Nevada and Utah; Hopi Tribe of 

Arizona; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians 

of the Kaibab Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Northwestern Band of the 

Shoshone Nation (previously listed as 

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation 

and the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni 

Nation of Utah (Washakie)); Paiute 

Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of 

Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Indian 

Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits 

Band of Paiutes (previously listed as 

Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City 

Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of 

Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes, 

Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and 

Shivwits Band of Paiutes)); Pueblo of 

Jemez, New Mexico; San Juan Southern 

Paiute Tribe of Arizona; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 

Reservation; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of 

the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; 

Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of 

Utah; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute 

Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray 

Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute 

Tribe (previously listed as Ute Mountain 

Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

Colorado, New Mexico & Utah); and the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1983, human remains representing, 

at minimum, nine individuals were 

removed from the Five Finger Ridge Site 

(42SV1686) and the Icicle Bench Site 

(42SV1372) in Sevier County, UT. The 

remains of eight individuals were 

removed from the Five Finger Ridge Site 

and the remains of one individual were 

removed from the Icicle Bench Site by 

the Office of Public Archaeology (OPA) 

of Brigham Young University as part of 

the Interstate-70 construction project. 

Based on the excavated artifacts and 

architectural structures, both sites 

belong to the prehistoric Formative 

(Anasazi/Fremont) Period (from 

approximately 400 B.C.E. to 1300 C.E.). 

OPA returned the human remains to 

the Fremont Indian State Park and 

Museum in 1987. From December 2018 

to December 2020, a physical 

anthropology/forensics analyst from the 

Utah State Historic Preservation Office 

conducted a detailed examination of the 

fragmentary human remains, during 

which over 1,000 individual bone 

fragments were identified. Only by 

plotting the findspots of the human 

remains and through forensic 

reconstruction could the number of 

individuals be determined. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Fremont 

Indian State Park and Museum 

Officials of the Fremont Indian State 

Park and Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American, based on the 

culture represented by the excavated 

artifacts and architectural structures. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of nine 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, the land from which 

the Native American human remains 

were removed is the aboriginal land of 

the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & 

Ouray Reservation, Utah. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of the Ute Indian Tribe of the 

Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains may 

be to the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah 

& Ouray Reservation, Utah. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Kevin Taylor, Manager, 

Fremont Indian State Park and Museum, 

3820 W Clear Creek Canyon Road, 

Sevier, UT 84766–6058, telephone (435) 

527–4631, email kevintaylor@utah.gov, 

by August 18, 2021. After that date, if 

no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 


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human remains to the Ute Indian Tribe 

of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah 

may proceed. 

The Fremont Indian State Park and 

Museum is responsible for notifying The 

Consulted Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 7, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032261; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq 

Museum & Archaeological Repository, 

Kodiak, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to the Alutiiq Museum 

& Archaeological Repository. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository at the 

address in this notice by August 18, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

April Laktonen Counceller, Alutiiq 

Museum & Archaeological Repository, 

215 Mission Road First Floor, Kodiak, 

AK 99615, telephone (844) 425–8844, 

email april@alutiiqmuseum.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

the Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological 

Repository, Kodiak, AK. The human 

remains were removed from the Aleut 

Village North Archeological Site (49– 

AFG–00004), Afognak Island, AK. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Alutiiq 

Museum & Archaeological Repository 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Native Village of 

Afognak and the Native Village of Port 

Lions. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In June 2012, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were discovered in a sample 

of faunal material collected from the 

Aleut Village North archeological site 

(49–AFG–00004) on Afognak Island, 

AK. The site is on a Native allotment 

conveyed to the late Fred Pestrikoff and 

now owned by his heir Karen Pestrikoff. 

From 1997 to 2000, the Pestrikoff family 

allowed excavations on this land as part 

of the Native Village of Afognak’s Dig 

Afognak Program. Beginning in 1997, 

artifacts and samples from the project 

were deposited at the Alutiiq Museum 

& Archaeological Repository for care, as 

a loan from Karen Pestrikoff under 

museum accession number AM330. In 

2012, the cranial fragment was 

identified by zooarcheologist Bob 

Kopperl, while completing an inventory 

of faunal materials. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. Staff 

contacted Karen Pestrikoff regarding the 

human remains and she signed a 

transfer of control allowing the museum 

to separate the human remains from the 

collection for the purposes of 

repatriation. This occurred in November 

2019. 

The Aleut Village North 

Archeological Site is a prehistoric and 

historic settlement north of Afognak 

Village on the southeast coast of 

Afognak Island. The site has a wellpreserved midden that dates to the 

Kachemak and Koniag traditions, as 

well as historic deposits of material. 

Human remains have been found at this 

site in the past (73 FR 79903), and have 

been determined to be Kodiak Alutiiq. 

Archeological data indicates that the 

ancestors of the Kodiak Alutiiq people 

have inhabited the Kodiak region for 

over 7,500 years. As the prehistoric 

midden deposit in which the cranial 

fragment was found covers this time 

span, the human remains are related to 

the contemporary Kodiak Alutiiq 

people. Specifically, the human remains 

are from an area of the Kodiak 

Archipelago traditionally used by 

members of the Native Village of 

Afognak and the Native Village of Port 

Lions. 

Determinations Made by the Alutiiq 

Museum & Archaeological Repository 

Officials of the Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Native Village of 

Afognak and the Native Village of Port 

Lions. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Dr. April 

Laktonen Counceller, Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository, 215 Mission 

Road First Floor, Kodiak, AK 99615, 

telephone (844) 425–8844, email april@

alutiiqmuseum.org, by August 18, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Native Village of Afognak and the 

Native Village of Port Lions may 

proceed. 

The Alutiiq Museum & 

Archaeological Repository is 

responsible for notifying the Native 

Village of Afognak and the Native 

Village of Port Lions that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: July 7, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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